Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 5/3/2004
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of May 3, 2004
- Sudan criticizes Washington's record in human rights field
Sudan has replied strongly yesterday to the US, when it attacked its human rights record because of its abuse of the Iraqi prisoners. This, however, came after Washington condemned it earlier because of what it had described the Sudanese government commitment of crimes against the Sudanese people. Sudan-USA, Politics, 5/7/2004 - Al-Assad confers with Sudanese delegation, a message from al-Bashir Syria-Sudan, Politics, 5/6/2004
- Clashes re-erupted in Darfour
Sudanese security and military sources said that fighting erupted between the government forces and the rebels in Darfour district ( West Sudan) despite signing a cease- fire agreement in April, while a delegation representing the Arab League started a visit to the district to evaluate humanitarian needs. Sudan, Politics, 5/6/2004 - Sudan gets a seat at the human rights international committee
Sudan secured getting a seat in the UN human rights committee amid criticism from certain human rights committees. Sudan-UN, Politics, 5/5/2004 - Darfour tribes refuse al-Bashir call to convening a peace conference
Tribes leaders in Darfour district expressed their opposition for the security treatment of the problem, the Sudanese government was persistent to pursue for a time. They also expressed their opposition for the pan conference for peace, development and coexistence in Darfour, called upon by the Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. Sudan, Politics, 5/4/2004 - Truce in southern Sudan extended; international warning of deteriorated humanitarian condition in Darfour
The world Food program WFP has warned against the escalation of humanitarian sufferings in Darfour, to the west of Sudan, if urgent measures are not taken immediately to improve and facilitate the arrivals of relief aid to citizens. Sudan, Politics, 5/3/2004 - Egypt, Sudan work to achieve food security in coming ten years
Sudanese Minister of Agriculture Magzoub al-Klalifa, who leads Sudan's delegation to the Egyptian-Sudanese Joint Higher Committee, highlighted necessity to enhance cooperation and integration between the two countries. Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 5/3/2004